'Slime Mobile' coming to town

One lucky Amarillo child will get slimed over the weekend. Nickelodeon's Slime Mobile will roll into town Sunday, bringing the bright green goo with it.

Nickelodeon has chosen Amarillo as one of its 20 "Slime Across America" tour stops. The 18-wheel Slime Mobile will host an event at the Amarillo Zoo at noon Sunday.

"It's been very, very popular. We're averaging from 800 to 1,500 kids," said Frank Tanki, vice president of brand marketing for Nickelodeon. "People should be thrilled to have slime in their hometown and have Pig Boy show up."

Pig Boy from Nickelodeon's "Invader Zim" cartoon series will make the trip as well. The "Slime Across America" tour celebrates the 20th anniversary of the television network's Kids' Choice Awards. The tour will wrap up in Los Angeles at the awards show. This year's host is Justin Timberlake.

"We've done this (tour) a few times in our past. We've never done anything on this scale before," Tanki said. "We felt like given that it's the 20th anniversary, we wanted to do something big. We wanted kids all across America to experience Nickelodeon. We wanted to give the kids a chance to get slimed."

After the Kids' Choice Awards, the Slime Mobile will hit the road again to make another 30-city tour.

At least one lucky child will be picked out of the crowd and slimed. There will be an interactive stage show, an audition area, product giveaways and a chance for children to make programming for the network themselves for ME:TV.

"We just wanted to pick as many states as possible," Tanki said. "The Amarillo Zoo felt like a good choice for us."